On the Translocation of Sugar: Van Der Waals' Forces and Surface Flow

1 January 1976

journal article
Published by CSIRO Publishing in Functional Plant Biology

Vol. 3 (4)
https://doi.org/10.1071/pp9760545

Abstract

Theoretical analysis of sucrose adsorption to structural protein surfaces in terms of the Lifshitz continuum theory of van der Waals' forces suggests that this may provide a mechanism for rapid sucrose equilibration within the sieve tube system. It is also suggested that mobility of hydrated sucrose at an interface would reduce the resistance to bulk flow of solution through the sieve tubes.

Keywords

SUGAR
SURFACE FLOW
DER WAALS
VAN DER
TRANSLOCATION
FORCES

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